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Small electricity bills should be rewarded: Gov

KARACHI: There should be an incentives programme for people with smaller electricity bills, opined the governor during a meeting Monday at Governor House where he gave recommendations and suggestions for the improvement of KESC and the electricity situation.

An uninterrupted power supply to the people is the only solution to the electricity crisis in the metropolis, said Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan. He said that people are facing a lot of electricity problems and that they are exercising restraint.

He said that the people working in the KESC will have to realize their responsibilities and start carrying them out. He was of the view that there should be a system of punishment and reward at the KESC while those performing well should be given incentives.

Khan emphasized that there should be a fast response system to peoples’ complaints and that faults should be removed in the first phase. The town nazim’s services should be taken advantage of, he added. When KESC was privatized, it was supposed to get better but things got worse, he pointed out.

The meeting was attended by Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Dr Sagheer Ahmed, Chief Secretary Shakeel Durrani, Nazim Mustafa Kamal,

KESC Chief Executive Lt. Gen. (Retd) Syed Muhammad Amjad, and Siemens Pakistan Chief Executive Officer Sohail Wajahat Siddiqui.

The KESC head informed that the electricity problems that the rain caused are being fixed quickly. He said that 70 out of the 175 fallen electricity poles in Gadap Town have been put back and the rest will be fixed within a couple of days. It was also mentioned that they are 150 to 200 MW short of electricity and this shortage is met through announced load shedding.

Staff report adds: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) did not need to carry out load shedding Monday because demand stayed between 1,900 and 2,000 megawatts (MW). Load shedding is only necessarily when demand hits 2,300MW in the city, a spokesman said.

Daily Times asked about any faults in the system which could render the supply inconsistent or leave some areas without power even though KESC claimed that there was no load shedding. To this, KESC Principal Information Officer Syed Sultan Hasan replied that these faults were not related to rain damage or load shedding.

An enormous number of faults had developed because of the rain but the corporation was able to fix them all. And as of Monday no power breakdown or power outage in any area was related to rain damage to the power supply system.

Hasan added that the power problem in the area near Hub could be a local area fault. Such faults are of a minor nature. There was no serious problem in that area.

A power outage in any area can take place due to a sudden load on the system or damage to the local transformer. Wherever there are power breakdowns, the staff tends to them daily, and there is a difference between load shedding and breakdowns. app

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